Laos - Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng (8/3 to 15/3) We cossed the Thai - Laos border at 10am on the march 9. Completed the formalities and bordered the boat to Luang Prabang in central Laos. Funnily enough i met a guy from Alfreton at the border. The boat set off at 11:30am and trugged up the river at about 15mph. The journey at this pace would take us two days, stopping off halfway to stay the night in Pakbang. There is an option to take a speed boat that doe...

Thailand - Bangkok - Chang Mai ( 27/2 to 7/3) Arrived in Bankok after an epic 13 hour hour bus journey from Siem Reap in Cambodia, We left at 7:30am in a minbus bound for the thai border. Ther isn't any luggage compartment in these buses so the luggage gets piled in after all the people are in. You literally have to dig you way out of the bus. We travelled along a road, that was little more than a dirt track for 6 hours, bouncing away, enjoying the ride. We ...

Cambodia - Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville and Angkor Wat (21/2 to 27/2) Our arrival in Cambodia was greeted with a two hour bus trip along a dirt track to Phnom Penh. The bumpy ride dropped us off at our guesthouse, not the finest of places, but at $2 a night in Cambodia we wern\'t complaining. In the morning we set off on a city tour, visiting some of the most unbelievable places I have ever been to. The Killing fields where there are the mass graves of 1...

Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh, Mekong Delta and Cu Chi Tunnels (18/2 - 21/2) After a 6 hour bus journey from Da Lat, we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, a crazy place, motorbikes everywhere and unbelieveably hot. On our first day we just sweated in the heat. The next day we did a bit of sightseeing, visiting the Reunification Palace and the War Remnents Museum then just relaxed in a few bars. On the final day in the city we went on a trip to visit the Cu Chi Tunnels, w...

Hoi An, Nhatrang and Da Lat (7/2 to 16/2) On leaving Hanoi we decided to splash out on a flight to Hoi An to avoid the 13 hour bus/train journey. Probably wont be flying too often though because it makes it a little too easy to blow the budget. Hoi An was a bit of a shoppers paradise set alongside a river, packed full of tailors offering to make suits, shirts, jackets and shoes etc in just 2 days. In the end I managed to resist most of the temptation and sp...